Illinois Fighting Illini

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	287	4,514	791	5.7	1,116	382	2.9	3,398	409	8.3
Team Rank		26th	14th	58th	9th	122nd	126th	110th	3rd	14th	8th
Opponent	11	288	3,951		4.5	1,650	514	3.2	2,301	357	6.4
Opponent Rank		117th	95th		67th	59th	76th	48th	125th	130th	78th
Net		-1	+563	+791	+1.2	-534	-132	-0.3	+1,097	+52	+1.9
Net Rank		73rd	43rd	58th	17th	96th	114th	81st	8th	41st	9th

Player Stats

	Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
	Tony Eason T. Eason	11	248	406	61.1	36.9	3,360	8.3	305.5	20	14	140.0	4.9	3.4
	Jack Trudeau J. Trudeau	11	2	3	66.7	0.3	38	12.7	3.5	0	0	173.1	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Calvin Thomas C. Thomas	11	110	10.0	390	3.5	35.5	4	130	543
Tony Eason T. Eason	11	87	7.9	-29	-0.3	-2.6	5
Darrell Smith D. Smith	11	76	6.9	272	3.6	24.7	2	119	767
Joe Curtis J. Curtis	11	69	6.3	312	4.5	28.4	2	104	571
Mike Murphy M. Murphy	11	25	2.3	105	4.2	9.5	2	42	240
Kirby Wilson K. Wilson	11	6	0.5	39	6.5	3.5	0	24	286
Mitchell Brookins M. Brookins	11	4	0.4	13	3.3	1.2	0
Mike Martin M. Martin	11	2	0.2	11	5.5	1.0	0	36	681
Jack Trudeau J. Trudeau	11	2	0.2	-6	-3.0	-0.5	0
Randy Larsen R. Larsen	11	1	0.1	9	9.0	0.8	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Darrell Smith D. Smith	11	43	3.9	495	11.5	45.0	5	119	767
Oliver Williams O. Williams	11	38	3.5	760	20.0	69.1	6
Joe Curtis J. Curtis	11	35	3.2	259	7.4	23.5	2	104	571
Mike Martin M. Martin	11	34	3.1	670	19.7	60.9	5	36	681
Calvin Thomas C. Thomas	11	20	1.8	153	7.7	13.9	0	130	543
Kirby Wilson K. Wilson	11	18	1.6	247	13.7	22.5	0	24	286
Tim McAvoy T. McAvoy	11	17	1.5	193	11.4	17.5	1
Mike Murphy M. Murphy	11	17	1.5	135	7.9	12.3	1	42	240
Miguel DeOliver M. DeOliver	11	15	1.4	211	14.1	19.2	0
Rich Siler R. Siler	11	6	0.5	64	10.7	5.8	0
John Lopez J. Lopez	11	5	0.5	175	35.0	15.9	0
Don Passmore D. Passmore	11	2	0.2	36	18.0	3.3	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Charles Armstead C. Armstead	11	3	50	16.7
Kelvin Atkins K. Atkins	11	2	7	3.5
Craig Zirbel C. Zirbel	11	2	0	0
Dennis Bishop D. Bishop	11	1	46	46
Rick George R. George	11	1	23	23
Mike Heaven M. Heaven	11	1	14	14
Larry Mosley L. Mosley	11	1	0	0
John Venegoni J. Venegoni	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Tony Eason T. Eason	11	5		25			150
Mike Bass M. Bass	11				10	33	63
Darrell Smith D. Smith	11	2	5	7			42
Oliver Williams O. Williams	11		6	6			36
Mike Martin M. Martin	11	0	5	5			30
Joe Curtis J. Curtis	11	2	2	4			24
Calvin Thomas C. Thomas	11	4	0	4			24
Mike Murphy M. Murphy	11	2	1	3			18
Tim McAvoy T. McAvoy	11		1	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Kirby Wilson K. Wilson	11	27	546	20.2	0	5	27	5.4	0
Mike Martin M. Martin	11					20	122	6.1	0
Don Passmore D. Passmore	11	2	25	12.5	0	11	21	1.9	0
Joe Curtis J. Curtis	11	1	24	24.0	0
Joe Miles J. Miles	11	1	8	8.0	0
Luke Sewall L. Sewall	11	1	7	7.0	0
Mark Jones M. Jones	11					1	6	6.0	0
Craig Zirbel C. Zirbel	11					1	4	4.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Mike Bass M. Bass	11	10	17	58.8						33	35	94.3	63

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Chris Sigourney C. Sigourney	11	60	2,487	41.5

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333